Do you remember Apple’s iPhone 3G commercial from 2009? In the video, a man scrolled through his iPhone, boasting of the different Apple applications for anything you could possibly think of. He showcased an app that tells you where you last parked your car, an app that gives you the current snow conditions on a mountain, and even an app that helps you track calories.

The modern workplace has gone through its fair share of renovations over the years. Cubicles have been demolished, 9-to-5 work schedules are no longer the standard, and employees are working from anywhere and everywhere with an internet connection.

We live in a world clouded by… well, the Cloud. The hottest business IT topics are all about the Cloud and how your business needs to integrate with it to stay relevant. This includes the way your employees communicate with customers and one another. A reliable Cloud communications platform called VoIP (voice over internet protocol) eliminates the need for expensive, on-premise PBX hardware and enables your organization with mobile applications, instant messaging, and online meetings, to name a few. Workers that were once tethered to their desks to conduct business are now free to work on any computer or mobile device from any location.

The growing hype around SD-WAN over the last couple of years has caught the eye of large enterprises, such as the Coca Cola Company and Brooks Brothers, who have already implemented SD-WAN software within their organizations. Adopting the software boasts slashed costs, increased cloud-based application integration and performance, improved security, and so much more. As businesses are finalizing their budgets for 2018, many IT professionals are budgeting for SD-WAN software implementation within their organizations.

The end of the year is fast approaching, leaving many IT professionals with the question of what to do with the remainder of their IT budgets. You want to be careful that you don’t spend it wastefully, but you also don’t want to leave a surplus.